Dust of Empire (1983)
Overview
In 1954, escorted by a sergeant, a French nun travels through Tonkin, spreading the good Catholic word as she goes. A mute child leads her to a remote village. Installed at a carpenter, the travelers prepare the projection material indispensable to their propaganda. At nightfall, in a storm, a group of maquisards surrounded the house. Fortunately, the carpenter is a respected man. The attackers withdraw. After a sudden rise in water, the mute child loses the precious message that had been entrusted to him by a wounded maquis...
Cast
Dominique Sanda
Missionary
Jean-François Stévenin
Sergeant Tam-Tam
Yann Roussel
Eurasian Man
Anne Canovas
French Woman
Myriam Mézières
Singer
Lê Vinh
The mute child
Lâm Lê
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